Prepaid Mobile Conference - Budapest , Sept 27th 1 How to build Prepaid users ARPU (and loyalty) with innovative and segmented offers
Prepaid Mobile Conference - Budapest , Sept 27th 2 French Mobile Telephony Market : penetration still behind rest of Europe Penetration rates and subscriber base in Western Europe July 1st, 2004 (million)
Prepaid Mobile Conference - Budapest , Sept 27th 3 French Prepaid Segment : well behind rest of Europe Prepaid / Postpaid Mix in Western Europe July 1st, 2004
Prepaid Mobile Conference - Budapest , Sept 27th 4 French Mobile Telephony Market Evolution Subscribers growth in France – prepaid/postpaid mix
Prepaid Mobile Conference - Budapest , Sept 27th 5 Bouygues Telecom Suscriber Base Evolution* * Excluding B to B
Prepaid Mobile Conference - Budapest , Sept 27th 6 French Pre-Paid Market : uncertain economics ARPU : Around 15 € (more than half of post-paid packages) Loyalty : Uncertain churn rate but believed to be significantly higher than post-paid packages SAC : Significantly declined over the last 2 years but remain under tight control
Prepaid Mobile Conference - Budapest , Sept 27th 7 As a result, highly priced but very basic offers and services Handsets not subsidized (>100 € price difference vs post- paid) Price per minute high (3 to 4 times higher than post-paid) Not all services available (e.g. I-Mode) Very limited loyalty reward programs
Prepaid Mobile Conference - Budapest , Sept 27th 8 However, french Pre-paid users are extremely diverse Pre-Paid offers Only pay for what is consumed No contract No commitment Budget ControlDiscretion Cash payment Budget Flexibility
Prepaid Mobile Conference - Budapest , Sept 27th 9 Also, the French pre-paid market is moving from a prospect market to a churner market Churners 60 % Prospects 40 % - Budget « controllers » - Budget « constrained » - « Freedom » seekers - Kids - Senior people
Prepaid Mobile Conference - Budapest , Sept 27th 10 Bouygues Telecom : creativity and segmentation to better address pre-paid users Launch of 3 different pre-paid offers that allow consumers to double their communication potential Flash (mars 2004) Spot (avril Sept 2002) Night and Week-End (not exclusive)
Prepaid Mobile Conference - Budapest , Sept 27th 11 Flash :The best deal for high users Consumers who choose Flash get : Half-price on price/min Half-price on SMS In return the validity of their credit is also reduced by half
Prepaid Mobile Conference - Budapest , Sept 27th 12 Spot : The best deal for constrained budgets Consumers who choose Spot get : Additional free minutes to call fixed lines and other Bouygues Telecom lines (free minutes amount is the same as topped-up minutes) Each time they use these minutes they listen to a 20s advertising before getting through to their correspondant They always have the choice to use regular minutes (no ads) or free minutes (with ads) In return they have to fill in a short qualification form (paper, web, phone)
Prepaid Mobile Conference - Budapest , Sept 27th 13 Very encouraging results to date Nomad gained share since launch of Flash (estimated 1-2 points) Acquisitions volume is up + 18% since launch of Flash although market is estimated to be up 7% on the same period 35% of Nomad base on these segmented offers (June 2004) 45% of Nomad ARPU delivered by the segmented offers Lower churn rate (Spot)
Prepaid Mobile Conference - Budapest , Sept 27th 14 Focus on Flash : High value offer An offer which very quickly found its target Launched March 1, 2004 > 200M suscribers years suscribers Very high SMS users (x 8 vs regular Nomad) Very high voice users (x 4 vs regular Nomad)
Prepaid Mobile Conference - Budapest , Sept 27th 15 Focus on Spot : A win/win/win service CustomerBouygues Telecom - Free minutes - Targeted advertising - Special offers - Higher Arpu (+30 %) - Lower churn Rate (-1pt) -Well qualified base -Specific Segment (15-20 years) Advertizer - Qualified prospect - High quality contact - Flexibility of campaigns
Prepaid Mobile Conference - Budapest , Sept 27th 16 Conclusion Prepaid is full of opportunities due to the diversity of users Key is to be able to segment the base and design offers to specific groups… … but of course watch out for increased complexity